Greenville County Sheriff's Office, South Carolina
End of Watch: Friday, June 9, 1989
Age: 30
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: June 9, 1989
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Sentenced to two years
Deputy Sheriff Bill Banks was killed when his patrol car was struck by a vehicle that had run a stop sign.
The driver of the other vehicle had turned his lights off to see if any other cars were coming. The man was sentenced to two years in jail.
Deputy Banks was a U.S. Army veteran.